Vehicle-hood.



. WITNESSES M. BUOH.

VEHICLE HOOD. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1918.

1,100,653. Patented June 16,1914.

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icnt point. To the front hood stick B is Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11116 16, 1914. I Application filed August 8 1913. Serial No. 783,742.

To all whom it may concern: pivoted a hood stick D and link member E 7 Be it known that 1, MAX BUcH, a subject which normally project toward the front of of the Emperor of? Germany, residing at the vehicle and assist in supporting the hoc :1- Birmingham, England, have .inventcd cerextension F. According to the present in- 60 tain new and useful Improvementsin Ve-' 'vention, one of the stick members D or E llicle-Hoods, of which the following is a projects beyond its pivot and such projectspe'cification. 7 a 7 ing art is linked'to the other hood stick. This invention relates to cape cart hoods In F 1g. l'tlie hood stick D project's beyond its for use on motor vehicles and the like, of pivot G, the projecting part being indicated 65 the type which comprises a rear hood porat H. It will be seen that it projects roughly tion of any ordinary kind and an extension at right angles to the main stick part D,-

projecting forward approximately horizonthe complete link -D H forming. a bell crank tally to lie over the front seats, such ex'tenlever pivoted at Gr. The rod or link member tion' being capable of being extended and J connects the end of the projection H with 70 collapsed single-handed. the link member E. V

The object of the present invention is to It will be clear that, assuming the parts to provide an improved construction of hood be in the position shown in Fig. 1, if the of the type which, in addition to possessing stick member D is moved backward about its other advantages, will be easier to work, in pivot as shown in dotted lines the projection 5 20 that the'extension is almost balanced,'re-' H will move downward to the right as inquiring, without the aid'of springs, hardly dicated by the arrow and the link member E any more power to extend than to collapse it. will be forced downward. The extreme According to this invention, the extension front part of the link member is hinged at is connected to the rear hood by link mem- E to the horizontal hood stick K, which 0 bcrs one of which projects slightly beyond may be supported by a link L as shown.

its pivot on one of the rearhood sticks, and. The downward movement of the link memthis projecting part is connected by a rod, her E breaks the joint at E so that the exto' the other link member, which is also pivtension frame constituted by the link E and cted to a stick of the rear hood. The short' horizontal hood stick K is collapsed as 35 end of the first mentioned link member may shown in dotted lines. Therefore as the lie-in'a straight line with the rest of the link stick member D is moved backward towardmembcr, or it may be at an angle thereto so the rear hood the extension is collapsed; and that the first mentioned lever becomes a-bellthe parts can be so proportioned and ar- 7 crank lever. This latter construction is pre; rangedthat the two member D and E and 90 ferred, but in either case either the upper or the hood stick K lie flat againstone another the lower link member may project in the approximately perpendicularly and close to manner described. One or both of the link the hood stick B. The rear hood can then members may actually constitute hood'sticks be collapsed in theor'dinary way. and form part of the extension, and to their In raising the hood the rea'rhood sticks 95 forward ends may be connected extension B and C aremoved into the positions illuspieces etc., according to the design and trated in the ordinary way and the link length of the extension. 1 member Dis then moved into theposition- The accompanying drawings show three shown in Fig. 1. The projection H, through different methods of carrying out the inven the medium of the link-J, pushes up the link 100 tion. 7 member E and brings this and thehood In Figure 1 the whole of the hood is stick K into astraight line as shown. The shown in side elevation. while in Figs. 2 and stick member D may be provided with a 3 modified constructions are shown in fraggrip or handle arranged at the best" position mentary views corresponding to parts of and the operator gripsthis to actuate'the105 Fi 1. hood.

. JilG lette'rz; indicate like parts through+ In the construction shown in Fig. 2 the out the drawings. stick member D is extended in a straight In each case the rear hood part A is supline so'that the projection TI is continuous ported by hood sticks B and C which-are with the stick member D. In Fig. 3 the 110 pivoted. to the vehicle body at any convenlink member E is formed as a bell crank with an extension M which is coupled by the link J to the stick member Ineach case the o eration, is similar, the movement of one lin member by the operator'causing that the extension is just as. easy to open as to close.

It will also be noticed that there are few joints and'that. no lazy tongs vconstruction with its large numberof jQllltS is employed. 7

" What'I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent'of fthe United States, is z- 1. In a vehicle hood, a cover and the combination of a rear hood standard, a hood stick pivotally connected thereto, a jointed hood stick also pivotally connected thereto normally horizontal when the hood is open, an extension on one of sald-stlcks forming a bell crank, and meansconnectin said bell crank to theothethood stick w ereby motion of the first mentioned stick'about its pivotoperates to breaktlie horizontal stick v r at its joint.

2.. In a vehicle hood, acover and the combination of a rear hood standard, a hood to stick pivotally connected thereto, a jointed hood stick also pivotally connected thereto normally horizontal when. thevhood is open,

an extension on said first mentioned hood stick forming a bell crank, and a link connecting the bell crank .to the horizontal hood stick whereby motion of the first mentioned stick about its pivot operates to break the horizontal stick at its joint."

In testimony whereof I have-signed my name to this specification 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses. "MAXBUCH.

\Vitnesses:

F. W. Home,

V. RonmsoN. 

